Metorites? Asteroids? Is Earth under fire. Uh, yeah.

Today, a
giant of an asteroid half the size of a football field will pass closer to Earth than some of the
satellites we launch into space.

Is it anything to worry about?

Nope, says NASA, which tracks near-Earth objects. On Sunday,
The Dispatch looked at some of the objects that the space agency tracks. Here is a
link to that story. And
here is
what NASA has in store about that.

Then we see the metorite that exploded over Russia. Here is a
link to that story in The Dispatch. More than 1,100 people were injured when
that bad boy broke up.

The truth is, there are a lot of things floating out there in space. Asteroids, meteorites and
lots of junk we have shot into space since Sputnik first went up.

Are we in danger? Maybe. NASA does its best to track all of it, and is working to make sure that
the biggest threats are on its radar screens.

For more information about NASA's near-Earth object program, click
here.